"I don't agree with attacking the Soviet Union because the joint fleet cannot get ashore." Yamamoto Izuru said, "The army and the Soviet Union have fought twice, and when did it not be a waste? The most important thing in combat against the Soviet Union is the number of tanks and artillery. You also listened to the introduction of the German envoy two days ago. In terms of tank production, the empire's annual output is almost the same as that of the United States in one month. This gap is even larger than that of the navy, and artillery is obviously not as good as that of the Soviet Union."

"So the Army has an opinion that the navy will suspend the construction of ships and concentrate resources on mecha power." Tada Jun said with a smile, "A battleship is enough to build 1,000 tanks."

"Stop kidding, you know that this is impossible." Yamamoto Izuru also laughed, "Even if I agree, the Navy will not agree. Take a step back and say, what's the use of even if the Navy grits its teeth and agrees? It's impossible to hit the United States at all when you fight north. You're so happy to fight north, the Americans will still beat us."

All of us are smart people. Of course, we understand that the benefits of attacking the Soviet Union are limited to Japan. Doing so may not necessarily lead to joining forces with Germany to destroy the Soviet Union. Even if Germany destroys the Soviet Union, what if the United States and Germany cease to fight, Japan will still be crushed. The relationship between the country is based on interests, and illusory guarantees, promises, and agreements are simply used to tear them down. Only those fanatical officers who have never seen the world will believe in the guarantees of politicians.

"The Army believes that the printing rate of 250,000 people is enough?" Inoue Narimi asked strangely, "Although Indians are weak, there is no modern government, and their industrial capabilities are messy, and they are colonial rule everywhere, but this is also a big country with a population of 400 million. When 250,000 troops enter, they are afraid that they will fall into the pond. China also has a population of 400 million. How many years have they fought? Isn't the Army afraid of repeating the same mistake?"

"Of course 250,000 is not enough. It is never enough to withdraw troops from China and South China Sea. But at least we must fight first." Tada Jun smiled sly, "If everyone thinks that India is a piece of meat that is fatter than China. I think no one has to chew bones in China instead of pinching India's soft persimmon? 250,000 is just an early team. As long as we open up the situation in India and get benefits, those red deer that are yelling around the world that cannot withdraw troops from China will soon be over. Besides, with the navy's transportation capacity, I doubt whether 250,000 can be transported in the short term."

"The peninsula surrounded by sea on three sides can exert the value of the navy. However, it must wait until the joint fleet opens up the link between the Middle East and the Indian Ocean before it can be advanced. At least it must kill the British fleet that stays in India, otherwise it will pose too great a threat to us. As for the army's suggestions to withdraw from some of the South Ocean Islands..." Yamamoto Iroku thought about it and nodded. "That's right, but where do the army want to withdraw? What's the order? Where are the retreating army forces planned to be used?"

"The Navy agrees with the Indian Ocean strategy?" Shimomura asked with the opportunity.

"It's too early to talk about approval, but it must be before heading north to attack the Soviet Union."

Tada Jun is not anxious about not being able to get a clear answer from Yamamoto Izuru, let alone withdraw troops from the islands in the South China Sea. Instead, he asked another question: "Marine, I said something strange. A few people told me that the task of retreating from Guadacanal before you left Truke was deployed and said that you would cooperate with the army's operations. He also specifically instructed Chief of Staff Ugaki to carry out the execution, but the information I received was that the commander of the Second Fleet, Kondo Nobunaga.

General and Chief of Staff Ugaki Chan are still instigating the army to launch a counterattack. They also promised that if the army attacks, they will provide firepower support. Now, the 17th Army of Hakuba, originally had a grudge against the failure of the Ichiki Detachment and the Kawaguchi Detachment. After being agitated by the Navy, they even held their breath to take revenge. Now they can't restrain themselves at all. Deputy Ishihara and I have complained twice, and they can't stop the entire Second Division will be involved..."

Inoue Narimi was unhappy and retorted: "At the end of last month, General Hakubu asked for help from the Navy. The General Staff sent Colonel Masato Tsuji to Truk as a lobbyist, mocking Chief Yamamoto who lived in Yamato Hotel, and said that the army on Guadao, especially the Kawaguchi Detachment, was a hell on earth, and it was not stopped until the chief agreed to support. The cabinet fell in early this month and asked the Navy to cooperate with the army to retreat. Chief Yamamoto arranged according to Tokyo's requirements. Who knew that the army jumped up one by one to scold the navy cowards. Lieutenant General Hakubu Haruyoshi was even more sarcastic for not keeping his word, so don't say anything

Tito is ugly. In fact, the army wants to fight first, not to instigate the army to fight. Since the army wants to fight so much, the navy can only accompany it. The 14-15 joint fleet came out in full swing. Lieutenant General Kondo commanded 4 battleships, 5 aircraft carriers, 10 cruisers and 29 destroyers. All entrances to the Solomon Islands were blocked. The formations with four heavy cruisers, including Tooshima, Yika, Miaogao, Maya, etc., shelled Guadalam at night. The battle was very successful. The enemy's airport was trapped in a sea of ​​fire, but the army's total attack failed shamefully..."

"The statement of Inohisto is inaccurate. The general attack of the army was only delayed. How can we talk about failure?" Shimomura Tatsugu said dissatisfiedly, "The general attack plan formulated by General Haemoto Hyoyoshi stipulates that Lieutenant General Maruyama will lead the main force of the 2nd Division to attack, and Major General Sumotoki will command about two brigades to assist from the flanks. It is only because the road taken by the main force of the 2nd Division must pass through the dense jungle, which is difficult to move, so he failed to reach the designated location on the 22nd and had to postpone the attack time to the 24th..."

"Where is the troops attacking on the flank?" Inoue Narimi looked at Shimomura Tatsumi with a smile, "Have they postponed it? In addition, it is now the evening of the 25th, have you succeeded in the attack?"

Shimomura's attributive words were blocked: Due to the interruption of communication, the other party commanded by Major General Sumoji launched the attack on time without receiving the order to postpone the attack. As a result, he was defeated by the US military. The two brigades were more than half of their losses and lost their offensive capabilities. This situation was fully understood today. The result of the main attack of the 2nd Division had not yet been heard, and only the 17th Army sent an vague telegram "Our army is fighting bravely" - according to the normal combat logic of the army, anyone who did not send the war report back as soon as possible would most likely not be ideal.

Tadashi Shimomura's speculation makes sense: At dawn today, Immarama was forced to give up the attack and sent a telegram to Hyobu Haruki that it was still difficult to occupy the airport. Hyobu did not report this information to Tokyo, but instead asked him to continue attacking again. Originally, this behavior of deceiving the superiors and concealing subordinates in history could succeed. Even if the Navy knew the news, it would not reveal it to the Army Center. However, the situation has changed now, and the army and navy bosses sat together to drink, and the little things below could not be hidden.

Sure enough, Inoue Naimi took out a battle report from her bag: "This is the report on the battle situation on the Guadalao front from the military command this afternoon:... At dawn today, the enemy's superior land-based air force and aircraft carrier-based aircraft launched an attack on our Kawaguchi fleet. The cruiser of Yoshiro was sunk, and the May Rain destroyed the destroyer. Given that the general attack of the Second Army Division had failed and the airport was still in the hands of the US military, our fleet was forced to return..."

Once these two sentences were said, Tada Jun and Shimomura Taki looked ugly - there was no good news from Hakuyoshi Haku, which shows that the navy's war report was mostly credible.

"How is it? Is the army still fighting?" Yamamoto Izuru said with a smile, "If you want to fight, you can do it again."

"There is no more fighting. The Americans have added troops to the top twice. There are more planes and chariots than us... But how can we stop the front line's red deer?" Tada Jun stood up irritably and grabbed the few hairs on his head in distress. "According to this, this is the work of the General Staff Headquarters, it's not my turn to worry about it, but I always feel that it will be a bad thing if this continues."

"Now do you know my pain? I arranged for a retreat before leaving, but some people don't give up? I am the minister of the Navy and cannot directly interfere with the military order. The joint fleet is headless..." Yamamoto Iroku pointed at it with his finger, suggesting that there were other people who resisted his order and encouraged the army to continue attacking. The biggest suspect was that the Chief of the Military Command, Fushimiya Hiroki and Deputy Chief Toyota, intervened. Of course, Kondo Nobutake commanded the joint fleet also conformed to the command logic. As the oldest fleet commander, he was the first-ranked deputy when the commander of the joint fleet was vacant. Ugaki Chan was ranked behind him, not to mention that Ugaki Chan was not convinced by Yamamoto's orders.

Tada Jun thought in dismay: Is it really like Ishihara Kanir said that if Hyobu Haruki doesn't change his mind, he will change people? Replacing people is the right of the Army Province, but replacing a lieutenant general and commander in the last battle will completely break the rules. He still needs to think carefully, at least he can't make such a big decision alone.

Thinking of this, he forced a smile and changed his mind and asked, "I heard that your chief of staff is known as the golden mask and does not slander anyone. Now the prime minister's surname is Ugaki. Your old classmate who has been a businessman for 8 years will not be angry with him when he goes to work, right?"

Ugaki Chan is the ninth graduate of the 40th period of the Naval School (144 people in the same period). He is also an Army General Ichiju Ugaki (current Prime Minister). A relative of Lieutenant General Ugaki Wanor. He has always looked down on people with low abilities, so he has the nickname of Golden Mask.

It was just a joke, but I didn't expect Yamamoto Izuru to sigh: "The old classmate's determination is greater than mine."

"What?" Seeing the other party's eyes were wrong, Tada Jun became confused. What else was wrong?

Yamamoto Iroku said something, and all the other three changed their colors.

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Chapter completed!